VA History

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Across
  1. 6. King of England at the time of the American revolution
  2. 8. The battle that caused George allowed the Americaans to capture more than 900 British soldiers
  3. 10. Gathered colonists and attacked Burgoyne
  4. 12. Surrendered at the battle of yorktown
  5. 16. The document that created alliance between the french and the Americans.
  6. 18. One of the groups that the British hoped the loyalists could convince to fight for them.
  7. 20. A general that did not take the war seriously at first
  8. 21. The colonists had an advantage fighting on their own land because of.
  9. 22. Wanted to maintain control of the colonists
  10. 23. Wanted to gain land in the US
  11. 24. The group that the British attempted to maintain the allegiance of.
Down
  1. 1. The country that gained its independence in September of 1783.
  2. 2. wanted to limit the US' power
  3. 3. Led the colonist army
  4. 4. The battle that allowed the British to capture Philadelphia.
  5. 5. Bloodiest battle in the war
  6. 7. The battle that almost caused the colonist army to be disbanded
  7. 9. Attacked by colonists and forced to surrender
  8. 11. One of the groups that the British hoped the loyalists could convince to fight for them.
  9. 13. The group that used word-of-mouth to communicate.
  10. 14. Unfamiliar with the terrain
  11. 15. Signed at the end of the war
  12. 17. The group of colonies that the British tried to separate from the rest.
  13. 18. Ocean that separated British soldiers from Great Britain
  14. 19. Familiar with the terrain
  15. 25. The battle in which the colonists launched a surprise attack on Burgoyne.